Anon (Vǫlsa) 12I
Wilhelm Heizmann (ed.) 2012, ‘Anonymous Lausavísur, Lausavísur from Vǫlsa þáttr 12’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1103.
Verit ‘been’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
stýrir ‘the helmsman’
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stýrir (noun m.): ruler, controller
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
stafnbúi ‘prow-man’
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stafnbúi (noun m.): [prow-man]
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
oddviti ‘leader’
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oddviti (noun m.): leader
þjóða ‘peoples’
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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people
[4] allra þjóða: allrar þjóðar 292ˣ
Þiggi ‘receive’
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þiggja (verb): receive, get
Maurnir ‘Maurnir’
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Maurnir (noun m.): Maurnir
[5, 6] Maurnir þetta: abbrev. as ‘.m. þ.’ Flat
þetta ‘this’
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1. sjá (pron.; °gen. þessa dat. þessum/þeima, acc. þenna; f. sjá/þessi; n. þetta, dat. þessu/þvísa; pl. þessir): this
[5, 6] Maurnir þetta: abbrev. as ‘.m. þ.’ Flat
blæti ‘offering’
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blœti (noun n.): offering
En ‘But’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
hundr ‘dog’
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hundr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): hound, dog
hjóna ‘of the house’
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hjón (noun n.; °; -): one of the household, married couple, domestic servant
hirtu ‘you take care’
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hirða (verb): hide, care for
bákn ‘monster’
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bákn (noun n.): monster
þetta ‘of this’
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1. sjá (pron.; °gen. þessa dat. þessum/þeima, acc. þenna; f. sjá/þessi; n. þetta, dat. þessu/þvísa; pl. þessir): this
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King Óláfr takes Vǫlsi and speaks a stanza, after which he throws Vǫlsi to the floor, where the dog immediately snatches it.
[1-4]: Similarly to st. 10, the opening lines of the stanza attributed to King Óláfr are unrelated to the ceremony, though they may comment on its strangeness (cf. Note to st. 10/1-4). The eds of Edd. Min. and CPB suspect a gap after l. 4.
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